Are you using Google+ to promote your brand or content? Do you want to find Google+ fans who love what you do and will share it with others? When people share your stories, campaigns or products with their friends, they're giving it their stamp of approval and their friends take notice.

Search Engine Land is a must read hub for news and information about search engine marketing, optimization and how search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Live.com and Ask.com work for searchers.

Yesterday, Matt Cutts, Google's head spam fighter, announced on Twitter that Google has targeted two link networks that are popular in Poland and used often by Polish SEOs and webmasters... Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web...

Okay, I'm calling it: if you're using guest blogging as a way to gain links in 2014, you should probably stop. Why? Because over time it's become a more and more spammy practice, and if you're doing a lot of guest blogging then you're hanging out with really bad company.

Back in the day, the Big Dream of any creator involved striking a deal with a name like Random House, Warner Brothers, or Atlantic Records. Signing a deal with one of those immortal entities was considered the gold ring, the opening of the only door to independence, respect, and success in media and entertainment.

Facebook turned 10 this month! This seems like a birthday worth celebrating as we have all watched Facebook grow from an exclusive college-only social club to a social platform dominating the internet and connecting the entire world through likes, pokes, and shares.

When I'm looking for something at a search engine, I will often start out with a particular query and then depending upon the kinds of results I see I often change the query terms I use. It appears that Google has been paying attention to this kind of search behavior from people who search like me.

Today's tip is submitted by Benjamin Beck, an online marketer who is writing the book on How to Harvest Links when he is not running is company Local Stampede The Problem With Infographics You did it! You created a great infographic and submitted it to a list of infographic directories.

If you've ever wondered: "How do I find keywords my competition doesn't know about?" "How do I know if a keyword is too hard to rank for?" "What's the best keyword research tool on the market?" "Where do I even begin with keyword research after Google Hummingbird?"

Recently on Twitter I was asked for some tips on what sets 'great' blogs apart from the rest. With millions of bloggers creating blog posts every day - how do you stand out? It's a big question, and the reality is that there are many ingredients to building a successful blog.